Shane and his Skittle stick.
I need a win. You need a win. The Caps need a win. Arizona is as good a place as any to get one. This whole week is as good a time as any to get some.
Stay up late with us, 9 PM, and watch the Washington Capitals in the high desert as they try to get the win they should got off the Arizona Coyotes back in early November. It’s on CSN-DC.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Washington Capitals | 7-7-3 | 52.33% | 98.64 | 25.9% | 80.7% |
| Arizona Coyotes | 8-9-1 | 48.40% | 98.80 | 20.0% | 77.0% |
Projected Lineup
Looks like Latta’s taking a seat, which doesn’t make any goshdarn sense. Via Alex Prewitt:
Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Johansson – Burakovsky – Brouwer
Chimera – Beagle – Ward
Brown – Kuznetsov – Fehr
Orpik – Carlson
Alzner – Niskanen
Schmidt – Green
Holtby
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Keith on Gordie.
Storylines
- The Caps are playing the 21st, 22nd, and 30th ranked teams in the league this week. It’s time to get some standings points.
- The Capitals do not win in Arizona.
- It’d be nice if the Capitals spend less time on the PK than they did last time they played the ‘Yotes. I wonder if baby zebra TJ Luxmore will be calling this one.
- D-zone faceoffs aren’t going well.
- Mike Green is good. Brooks Orpik, well, I dunno.
- Adam Vingan actually spoke to Brooks Orpik about why his stats are bad. Orpik: “…Just looking at like shot totals isn’t a very good factor for me. It’s more of the quality of chances you’re giving up. I don’t know if they have an advanced stat for that yet.” (If you consider goals to be a measurement of shot quality, the Caps are outscored 15 to 8 during 5v5 when Orpik is on the ice.)
- Rob Vollman (of player usage chart fame) discusses the Green situation with John Walton.
- The dry scrape is dead!
- The Coyotes have goalie drama thanks to Devan Dubnyk.
What You’re Missing on TV Tonight
On Agents of SHIELD, Hayley Atwell returns as Peggy Carter, which has me over the moon. Marvel, specifically showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, have taken a great actress actor in an under-appreciated role, and they’ve found her a third act in which she– and the she part is important– becomes one of the founders of this shared cinematic universe that has basically taken over storytelling in the last decade.
Stats are like a lamppost to a drunk: you’re gonna regret not paying attention to them after you crash.
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Coyotes
